We see the world a little differently. It’s not here or there. International or domestic. It’s preparation for a public health career that can take you anywhere, from down the street to around the world. It’s research that impacts communities in New Orleans, Lima, Kinshasa, Nanjing, and countless other locales the world over. It’s working across disciplines for the very best solutions for healthy communities everywhere. It’s…

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University $2.65 million to continue its successful program to develop more researchers studying women’s health and how disease progression and treatment differ in women. The five-year grant funds Tulane’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) career development program that connects junior faculty, known as BIRCWH scholars, to senior faculty with shared research interests. Since 2002, the program has supported 29 BIRCWH scholars across disciplines, representing faculty from the schools of medicine, public health and tropical medicine, science and engineering, and social work.